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Peripheral
Vascular Laboratory
Specialists
in the peripheral vascular laboratory perform non-invasive
procedures to diagnose a variety of arterial and venous
diseases. A partial listing of these diagnostic procedures
includes:
- Carotid
artery evaluation including duplex imaging
- Arterial
evaluation with or without exercise testing
- Testing
for deep venous thrombosis including direct venous
duplex imaging
- Evaluation
of chronic venous insufficiency
- Transcutaneous
oxygen measurements--arterial ischemia
- Arterial
duplex evaluation for assessment of graft patency
post arterial bypass, renal, mesenteric and upper
extremeity arterial lesions, and to rule out arterial
and venous injury
Major
Research:
Carotid, peripheral arterial and venous studies are
performed for pre-cardiac transplant evaluation. The
laboratory has functioned as the local office for the
NIH-sponsored Asymptomatic Carotid Artherosclerosis
Study (ACAS). Currently, the lab supports a variety
of arterial and venous clinical projects. These studies
include:
- Ultrasound
guided thrombin injection of femoral pseudoaneurysm
- Effective
radiotherapy on carotid artery atherosclerosis in
head and neck tumor patients
- Evaluation
of carotid patches
- Evaluation
of anticoagulants and arterial grafts
- Evaluation
of temporal arteritis
Emergency
Consultations are available through the surgery resident
on call.
Locations
and Contacts
A full spectrum of peripheral vascular services
is available in Maywood at:
Loyola
University Hospital
Loyola
Outpatient Center
If you would like to make an appointment or need assistance to find an appropriate physician, please call us at (888) LUHS-888.
Related
Links
Peripheral vascular surgery
services
Director
William
H. Baker, MD
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